Please join us for another weekend and another selection of streaming recommendations. Let’s get right into it since today is jam-packed with brand-new releases on all of your favourite streaming services.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first television series on Netflix is the spy actioner FUBAR, and on Disney Plus, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan’s co-stars from Everything Everywhere All at Once are reuniting in American Born Chinese. Rose Byrne co-stars in Seth Rogen’s new comedy series Platonic on Apple TV Plus, while Rian Johnson’s whodunnit series Poker Face is finally streaming in the UK on NOW (if you’re in the US, you can presently catch the show on Peacock).
DC follows up on Shazam! in terms of films. If you live in the United States, you can now watch Fury of the Gods at home on HBO’s recently relaunched channel Max. Additionally, the South Korean drama Broker is available on Hulu, and George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing is currently available on Prime Video in the US.
FUBAR
Offered: Worldwide
See now: Netflix
He’s back, but this time on the tiny screen. That’s right, Arnold is making his television debut with the thrilling new Netflix series FUBAR. The show centres on a father (Schwarzenegger) and his daughter (Monica Barbaro), who discover that both of them have been secretly working as CIA spies. Now that they must work together, they must confront the fact that all they thought they knew about the other was false. Jay Baruchel, Gabriel Luna, and Travis Van Winkle are also part of the cast.
American Born Chinese
Offered: Worldwide
See now: Disney Plus
With Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan reuniting onscreen in American Born Chinese, there is an Everything Everywhere All at Once reunion happening on Disney Plus. The new series centres on teenager Jin Wang (Ben Wang), who after making friends with a new exchange student at his American high school, finds himself embroiled in a battle between legendary Chinese gods.
Platonic
Readily available: Worldwide
View now: Apple Television Plus
Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen star in the new comedy series Platonic as Syvlia and Will, two ex-friends who reunite after Will gets split up. Luke Macfarlane, a Bros actor, also plays Sylvia’s husband Charlie in the film, which was directed by Nicholas Stoller, who also produced it with Francesca Delbanco, co-showrunner of Friends From College. The first three episodes are available to watch right now, and new episodes will begin airing on Apple television Plus every Wednesday.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Offered: United States
Enjoy now: Max
Set two years after the events of Shazam! from 2019, the sequel shows the Shazamily fully formed as Billy Batson (Asher Angel) struggles to accept his newly discovered abilities as his adult alter ego (Zachary Levi). Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, and Rachel Zegler play the baddies in the sequel, the Children of the Titan Atlas, and Billy and company will have to contend with abilities unlike anything they’ve ever encountered before.
3 Thousand Years of Longing
Readily available: United States
Enjoy now: Prime Video
The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye, a story by A.S. Byatt, is the inspiration for the movie, which stars Tilda Swinton as a scholar who encounters an actual Djinn (Idris Elba) while travelling to an Istanbul conference. He trades his flexibility for her three dreams. The Djinn argues his case by telling her strange stories about his past; eventually, she is convinced and expresses a desire that both of them don’t expect.
Broker
Offered: United States
See now: Hulu
In his most recent film, Broker, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda tells the story of two men—Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won from Parasite—who operate a forbidden business that involves removing children from their church’s “child box” and selling them on the black market for adoption. When a woman changes her mind and returns to the church to pick up her abandoned child, she encounters the group and travels with them to meet the child’s new adoptive parents.
Poker Face
Readily available: UK
See now: NOW
Poker Face, a weekly mystery case-of-the-week series from Knives Out filmmaker Rian Johnson, stars Natasha Lyonne. Lyonne plays Charlie, a casino employee with the ability to spot deception. Her gift causes her to cross paths with a variety of colourful characters, including those portrayed by a rotating cast of A-list supporting actors, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hong Chau, Tim Blake Nelson, Stephanie Hsu, and Adrien Brody.
If none of the titles listed here strike your fancy, you may need to start looking through the back catalogues of each streaming service, which can be challenging given the volume of titles each one offers. But don’t worry… With our selections of the top Netflix shows, best Disney Plus shows, and best Amazon Prime Video shows, we have you covered if you’re a television enthusiast.
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